Yeah, six gears would be too many for me. It's more about being able to buy the bits needed for the conversion and having the gear lever sit in the stock location. I would be happy with four gears, and I have a T-40 and a 3.9 CW&P sitting in the garage. When the T-50 dies I am going to fit those...

Welcome aboard Matthew :) Sure wish I lived somewhere that you could get a radiator fixed on a public holiday, and workshops stayed open until the job was done. Hope you bought those guys a cold drink when they were done :) Glad you explained how you came to name your car. I read "dialysis&quot...

Yusss... I don't have a racecar so the idea I had in mind was to have an auto with an aftermarket controller so that I could either let the controller change gears in full auto mode or switch to a "tiptronic" mode with programmable shift points. Tracked down a supplier and even fould a guy...

Interesting :) Running an auto has been in the back of my mind for a long time. Looked at fitting a later model auto from an Altezza but just too much work to get it installed in an AE86. Control would be a problem as well, as it would need an aftermarket trans controller and that is another heap of...

A42DL as found in the SR5/AE85 with the 4AC engine. This will bolt right up to the 4AGE and the only problem you will have is locating a suitable 8-bolt flexplate. The 4AC has a 6-bolt crank and the 4AGE has an 8-bolt, but I am lead to believe that the flexplate from some of the FWD 4AGE Corollas wi...

So you have the same problem as this guy ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYr9nloWzoM You can check the vacuum servo (actuator) by using a hand pump like a Mityvac and applying vacuum directly to the actuator. If the servo cannot hold vacuum and leaks down in just a few seconds, then the diaphragm...

Should I go all out with a Walbro? Or would any pump for our car from Rockauto.com be sufficient? I bought a generic pump like this one... https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/toyota/other/listing-1707577285.htm?rsqid=bcbb6a1f090c49d7baa80874e6f40939 Didn't come with a filter, but...

But also note that I couldnt test it with the engine under load or in gear...i was just revving it in the garage. As you will have noticed while holding the revs steady, free revving only requires a very small throttle opening and because there is no load on the engine, there is very little fuel co...

Something like this would do the job so long as you don't mind stopping the car and lifting the hood to see what's going on... http://www.bmracing.com/products/46054-fuel-pressure-gauge-for-acura-honda-mitsubishi-eagle-talon-plymouth-laser/# My car seems to run fine on the factory FPR so I'm not loo...

Hmmm... it seems that your AAV is operating much as expected except for the idle dropping to 500rpm sometimes. As totta crolla points out, when you add electrical load a small solenoid valve should open to allow extra air into the manifold via one of the small spigots on top of the throttlebody. Thi...

Here is a diagram showing the AAV... http://i.imgur.com/sRIfl.jpg I have never heard of anyone repairing one, but apparently you can still buy them new (for big $$$).... http://jp-carparts.com/toyota/part_detail.php?maker=toyota&type=231120&cartype=43&fig=2211&part=1173682 I'll have ...

Hmmm... my bad :oops: I think that I read your post too quickly, and didn't pick up that your engine is actually doing the opposite to what it would if the AAV was blocked. To be clear; if the AAV is working the engine idles high on cold start and tapers down as the engine warms up. Normal is 2200rp...

What you describe are classic symptoms of how an engine behaves if the AAV (ISCV by another name) is not working. If you have have placed the whole valve in boiling water and seen that it moves 3 or 4mm, then the next thing to check is if the water from the coolant piping is actually circulating thr...

So I started talking to a guy I met through some craigslist posts. I thought he was a club4ag member because he is looking for something currently posted in the WTB section... His response: "Nah I haven’t been accepted to that :( or not sure if for some reason they’re not letting people in any...

The remaining question is, was it oil volume? Or oil pressure? (Inside the puck) Optical sensors can be affected by anything that obstructs light getting from the emitter to the receiver. So dust, condensed moisture, carbon, insects or oil getting in the wrong place will eventually cause a problem....

0.375" = 3/8" = 9.52mm :) I don't see any problem in machining the axle flange down to fit inside the AW11 disc. Here is a pic of AE86 GTS axles for reference... http://i59.tinypic.com/f4r591.jpg In theory the if the studs stay in the same place, reducing the outside diameter of the flange...

I've got a couple of axles here that were sold to me as being AE86 axles. The hub outside diameter measures 139.6mm near enough with cheap calipers :) The locating ring for the wheel measures 60mm and I think it is the center hole in the factory wheels that measures 60.1mm for a snug fit. Cheers... ...

The ISCV is bolted underneath the intake manifold at the rear of the engine. This might be helpful.... http://files.aeu86.org/manuals/blacktop/bt8-fi.pdf In a FWD installation you don't have much choice... you have to remove the whole intake manifold/throttle assembly to get access to the ISCV. But ...

Remove the throttlebody from the intake manifold and point it towards a light source as if you were trying to look down the throat of the throttlebody. Then open the butterfly slightly. You will see a thin crescent of light appear on the edge of the butterfly. Because of the high contrast you can ea...

Just googled to see what was inside that "puck" and it uses optical sensors. So if you have oil getting flung around inside you probably have your answer. A bit of printed circuit board cleaner spray should clean that up OK.

If you slowly increase the engine rpm, say in 3rd gear on a level road, can you reach high rpm with little or no misfiring ? That is, does engine load affect the onset of misfiring ? If it does, it would be worth trying a set of plugs one heat range colder. A cheap set of basic NGK's would be fine.....

Ahh... the plot thickens :) I have never struck this before (only starts with the jumper wire inserted), so I am back to guessing what might be happening. Based on the fact that the engine does start and run with the jumper, all the basic fuel and ignition syuff must be working. What I don't know is...